Retaj Al Rayyan Hotel Doha

My husband has been working rotational in *****ia for ov** a year now. That means he travels to *****ia (on our time), works 28 days straight (sunday through Sunday), about 10 to 12 hours a day. Then he travels to wh**ev** I am and we have the next 24-26 days togeth**. It all depends on wh**e I am which gov**ns the time we have togeth**. When I am somewh**e in West**n Europe, it usually only takes him a day each way so we get 26 days. This ...

Here are a few pictures of my current apartment. Another colleague is in one almost identical to it and he affectionaly calls his "the bat cave" due it's lack of natural light. I love natural light and completely believe in sunshine therapy but I'm not often in my apartment while it's sunny out so it doesn't bother me much. Word is we gave up the lease on my apartment and several others as of September 1 so ...

... analyst (Aaron), a purchasing officer (Nanda), an accounts payable officer (Beena), and an administrative assistance/accounts receivable officer (Leslie). Only one, Aaron, is a Canadian hire. The others are what we call local hires but are not from Qatar. In fact we don’t have any Qataris on the payroll but there is a “program” (for lack of a better word) called Qatarisation that is similar to affirmative action. So far Qatarisation has not ...

Took the family down the Corniche to see the waterfront and the city. Probably was not the same day but we also viewed the Pearl that is currently under construction. The Pearl is a man made island with high end shopping and living.

... funny and nice and followed us around the square kidding around and stuff. I started asking him about the buildings, and for lack of a better way of putting it, kind of got him to be our guide. He pointed out the 500 year old temple, which is as rundown as can be, and is supposed to be the main attraction. He kind of reminded me of the kids in Slumdog Millionaire acting as guides. A man approached and offered to be our guide and I ...

... food and then John and I have to head back to our hotel for our desert tour at 1300. The desert tour is the main reason why we decided to take this flight. We're excited to see camels and get out on the dirt in some 4x4s with the locals. The hotel arranges for us a transport and guide and we pick up some other people from our hotel and another and we're off! We're going South out of the city of Doha to the desert. It doesn't take long to ...

... and confusing. So many counters I have to go to. Send my purchases home. Taxi to Souq. Leave Nick there and head back to hostel to collect my gear. Return to souq for dinner, run into Nick again. Head down to Corniche to get some nighttime photos of the skyscrapers on the other side of the harbour. Hang and chat til 11:30, then catch taxi to airport. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.

... who has been to Israel). So I casually went up to the airline rep to find out if she had any recommendations for my layover...and this is why I love the extravagance of the Gulf states and their airlines....she gave me a voucher for a free entry visa, a free taxi, and a free night in a 5 star hotel...all part of the benefit of flying Qatar Airways (purchased the day prior, I had paid $780 for a one way ticket from Dar Es Salaam to ...

... debt in cash now at the airport branch. Brilliant! And only 1 hour after I first suggested it... We're still with plenty of time to check in though and we finally settle at the gate with a deep sigh. We've done everything we can and now it's time to let go - let the boarding begin! We're just about to get up and join the queue when an announcement is made. "will Raquel de los Reyes Diaz please report to the gate" NOW WHAT!?!? It seems the luggage label on her bagpack has ...

... t realized i'd brought anything togehter but a string of words in awkward conversation. But he insisted that Irish people, if they could only focus (a *********** a weekend night), could move mountains with their words, "Ah yea" I glibly replied "but its only coz we'd talk the legs from under a mountain and it'd move". He laughed at that but immediately, as only Israeli folk seem to do so fast,returned to his point. "No, no my friend. You do not understand me. Look at all the people ...